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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Andrew Flury, San Bruno, CA (US);
Scott Banister, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Craig Sprosts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick R. Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael V. Olivier, Belmont, CA (US);
Andrew Flury, San Bruno, CA (US);
Scott Banister, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Craig Sprosts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick R. Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael V. Olivier, Belmont, CA (US);
Ironport Systems, Inc., San Bruno, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing information relating to electronic messages is provided. A first set of data related to one or more message senders is obtained from a first source, such as an email sever or email gateway. Each message sender has sent one or more electronic messages. A second set of data related to the one or more message senders is obtained from a second source. Message volume information that describes the messages sent by the one or more message senders for a period of time is determined based on the first set of data and the second set of data. The message volume information may be used to determine whether a particular message sent by a particular message sender is unsolicited. If a particular message is determined to be unsolicited, various actions may be performed on messages sent by the sender of the particular message.